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Conduct and Performance

Liaison Officers (CaPLO)

Formerly known as The Discipline Committee
The CaPLO team is made up of experienced and specialist trained Federation representatives
across the Force who can advise members on misconduct, gross misconduct and
performance issues.
If you are served with a Regulation Notice advising there is an investigation into your actions, you
should sign the document to accept service but say nothing else until you have contacted one of
the CaPLO trained representatives. Your CaPLO will accompany you if are interviewed. If the matter
relates to criminal allegation, they will arrange suitable legal representation. The Federation operates
a call-out rota so members can contact a trained discipline representative 24/7 throughout the year.
The committee meets once a month to discuss regulatory changes, themes and trends.

An overview of our work in 2017:
CaPLO
Full-time representatives 2
Work-based representatives 13

Hearings
13 special case hearings
Officers dismissed 13
8 misconduct hearings
No further action, not proven, learning 3
Misconduct proven, outcome no further action 1
Final written warning 1
Dismissed 2
26 misconduct meetings
No further action, not proven, learning 9
Misconduct proven, outcome no further action 1
Management advice 10
Written warning 1
Final written warning 5
From a sample of 90 2017 finalised conduct and performance investigations:
No further action, not proven, learning 38
Management action 13
Management advice 3
Written warning 1
Final written warning 4
Dismissed 7
Other (witness statement request and so on) 24
IPCC
Of the above sample of 90 conduct and performance investigations, 18 of these were carried out
by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which is now the Independent Office
for Police Conduct.
Of these 18 investigations:
No further action, not proven, learning 12
Management advice 1
Other (witness statement request and so on) 5
Professional Standards Department (PSD) complaints
Year Complaint Conduct Total
2016 921 185 1,106
2017 836 143 979
John Tooms and George McDonnell
CaPLO Committee
10 West Midlands Police Federation